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Tue, 31 Mar 2015 21:21:38 +0000en-UShourly1Nigeria 2015 Election Live Results: Muhammadu Buhari Claims Shocking Victory Over Goodluck Jonathanhttp://www.inquisitr.com/1971029/nigeria-2015-election-live-results-muhammadu-buhari-claims-shocking-victory-over-goodluck-jonathan/
http://www.inquisitr.com/1971029/nigeria-2015-election-live-results-muhammadu-buhari-claims-shocking-victory-over-goodluck-jonathan/#commentsTue, 31 Mar 2015 17:49:21 +0000http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=1971029The Nigeria 2015 election live results are in, and it appears that opposition candidate Muhammadu Buhari has notched a surprising victory over President Goodluck Jonathan. With most of the votes now counted, the former military leader is ahead of incumbent Jonathan by roughly three million votes. Analysts believe that with few votes still remaining to

“We knew that we had the numbers last night, but dealing with the type of government we have, we have never really felt we are out of the woods,” said Garba Shehu, a campaign spokesman for Mr. Buhari’s party, the All Progressives Congress. “Clearly we have won it. We are going to the party headquarters now and the presidential candidate will declare victory.”

The election has been filled with allegations of fraud and a series of difficulties at the polls, including attacks and technical glitches

The election was already held up several weeks due to militant attacks in Nigeria. Voting was originally slated for mid February, but was pushed back until the end of March after a series of attacks from Boko Haram.

The militant group again launched attacks during the current round of voting, including some that left voters dead.

Observers are worried that more violence could be to come. When Goodluck Jonathan defeated Buhari in the previous election it led to widespread protests and demonstration, and the clashes led to more than 800 people being killed.

“So far, we have seen no evidence of systemic manipulation of the process,” said the statement from UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. “But there are disturbing indications that the collation process, where the votes are finally counted, may be subject to deliberate political interference.”

There were technical problems for the current voting as well. Al Jazeera noted many glitches with the new system for reading voting cards and biometric card-reading machines. Goodluck Jonathan himself had to wait 20 minutes at his polling station after the system could not read his fingerprint.

There were some hacking attacks as well, including an attack on the INEC’s official website that left the message: “Struck by Nigerian Cyber Army!”

If the Nigeria 2015 election results hold up, the win for Muhammadu Buhari will be the first time that an opposition candidate has ever won in Nigeria.

Live results from the 2015 Nigeria presidential election can be found here or here. Stay tuned for more details on the 2015 Nigeria election.

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http://www.inquisitr.com/1970653/mexican-crocodile-shooting-police-officer-attack-posted-on-youtube-gets-him-suspended/#commentsTue, 31 Mar 2015 16:08:26 +0000http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=1970653A Mexican crocodile shooting ended up getting a police officer suspended. Footage found on YouTube shows a police officer firing at the big lizard with a machine gun before another officer joins him for a few extra shots. The reason this video earned the officer a suspension is that crocodiles are considered a protected species

A Mexican crocodile shooting ended up getting a police officer suspended. Footage found on YouTube shows a police officer firing at the big lizard with a machine gun before another officer joins him for a few extra shots.

The reason this video earned the officer a suspension is that crocodiles are considered a protected species in Mexico.

The incident happened at a water treatment facility in the northwestern state of Sinaloa, which also happens to be the home of Joaquin “Shorty” Guzman. Guzman was Mexico’s most wanted man until his arrest in February 2014, the head of a drug cartel which controlled traffic of illegal substances along the Pacific Coast.

The American crocodile, or Crocodylus acutus, is protected because it holds a spot on the critically endangered list according to environmental agency Profepa. The situation behind the Mexican crocodile shooting was allegedly enough of a problem that the police officer allegedly decided that he had to protect the people instead.

A crowd of Civil Protection agents was gathered in the area by the water treatment plant where the officer did the deed which got him suspended. Profepa claims the officer killed it for no reason, even though it was beginning to climb onto land near a local population.

Social media was outraged by the video, which shows the officer firing a machine gun into the animal, followed by the cheers of the gathered crowd. According to the BBC News, someone had told him it wasn’t dead yet, and another officer walked over and used his pistol to help finish the job.

Sergio Liera, head of Ahome’s Civil Protection, allegedly said his department had ordered the animal killed because it was a threat to the people around it. The weapon and amount of rounds used to do the deed may have been a literal case of overkill, which is possibly why Profepa had a problem with the Mexican crocodile shooting.

The officer who used the machine gun is facing criminal charges and up to nine years in jail.

]]>http://www.inquisitr.com/1970653/mexican-crocodile-shooting-police-officer-attack-posted-on-youtube-gets-him-suspended/feed/0Thai Citizen Jailed 25 Years For Royal Insulthttp://www.inquisitr.com/1970437/thai-citizen-jailed-25-years-for-royal-insult/
http://www.inquisitr.com/1970437/thai-citizen-jailed-25-years-for-royal-insult/#commentsTue, 31 Mar 2015 14:55:38 +0000http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=1970437Extraordinary circumstances got a Thai citizen jailed on Tuesday. Tiensutham Suttijitseranee, a 58-year-old businessman, had allegedly made Facebook posts that insulted the royal family and has been sentenced to 25 years in jail. Why was Suttijitseranee ordered to be locked away for so long? Thai law has been extra strict ever since Bhumibol Adulyadej took

Extraordinary circumstances got a Thai citizen jailed on Tuesday. Tiensutham Suttijitseranee, a 58-year-old businessman, had allegedly made Facebook posts that insulted the royal family and has been sentenced to 25 years in jail.

Why was Suttijitseranee ordered to be locked away for so long? Thai law has been extra strict ever since Bhumibol Adulyadej took control following a coup last May. Residents caught even saying anything against the Thai monarchy are subject to Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha’s vow to stop such talk.

Chan-ocha has made it so that anyone speaking ill of his staunchly defended monarchy faces up to 15 years in jail for each count. Thailand’s lese-majeste law is the world’s harshest, making it a crime to defame, insult, or threaten any member of the Royal Family.

“The court decided that because he posted five pictures with captions last year that the court deemed defamatory, he would be sentenced to a total of 50 years; ten years for each picture posted, reduced by half to 25 years.”

This is yet another example of how Facebook posts can get you in trouble, and Tiensutham Suttijitseranee is only the latest and most extreme case.

There was another Thai citizen jailed for a similar reason, though in his case it was for allegedly leaving inflammatory graffiti in a shopping mall toilet last October. Ophas Chansuksei, an elderly pin-badge vendor, received a year and a half in jail for his shenanigans.

This new law is so harsh that there have been 20 new cases since last May, says deputy national police chief Jaktip Chaijinda. The lese-majeste law came at a troubling time for Thailand, when King Bhumibol Adulyadej began falling ill. There is a heightened anxiety over what his royal successor might bring to Thai law.

Prime Minister Chan-ocha has asked the King’s permission to lift the martial law that has resulted in more than one Thai citizen jailed for their alleged insults. Until tensions settle, the Thai people are urged by this harsh law to only speak kindly of the monarchy.

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http://www.inquisitr.com/1970117/personal-details-of-world-leaders-accidentally-leaked-by-australian-officer/#commentsTue, 31 Mar 2015 14:53:46 +0000http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=1970117An Australian officer accidentally leaked highly sensitive personal details of 31 world leaders. Though the situation was contained, the country is red-faced at second such incident. Australia, the country that orgainzed the G20 summit last year, was left red-faced, when in a major diplomatic embarrassment, one of its immigration officials leaked personal details of 31

An Australian officer accidentally leaked highly sensitive personal details of 31 world leaders. Though the situation was contained, the country is red-faced at second such incident.

Australia, the country that orgainzed the G20 summit last year, was left red-faced, when in a major diplomatic embarrassment, one of its immigration officials leaked personal details of 31 world leaders. The United States president, Barack Obama, the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, the Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, the Indonesian president, Joko Widodo, and the British prime minister, David Cameron, were among those who attended the Brisbane summit in November and whose details were exposed, albeit with no ill-intention.

What’s even more appalling is the fact that the gaffe, which was fortunately tackled with a few minutes, was never revealed by Australia. Australian Immigration Department attempted to bury the security breach. Only when the Australia’s deputy opposition leader Tanya Plibersek, urged the country’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott to explain why the world leaders weren’t notified about the incident, did the world come to know. As reported by The Guardian.

“An employee of the agency inadvertently sent the passport numbers, visa details and other personal identifiers of all the world leaders attending the Summit to the organizers of the Asian Cup Football tournament.”

In an email sent to the commissioner’s office, obtained under Australia’s freedom of information laws, the officer who inadvertently caused the leak, wrote,

“The personal information which has been breached is the name, date of birth, title, position nationality, passport number, visa grant number and visa subclass held relating to 31 international leaders (i.e. prime ministers, presidents and their equivalents) attending tthe G20 leaders’ summit.”

“The cause of the breach was human error. [Redacted] failed to check that the autofill function in Microsoft Outlook had entered the correct person’s details into the email ‘To’ field. This led to the email being sent to the wrong person.”

The officer further added that it is “highly unlikely that the information is in the public domain” and the absence of other personal identifiers “limits significantly” the risk of the breach. Moreover, the unauthorized person is said to have immediately deleted the mail and “emptied their deleted items folder.”

Apparently Australia has committed such a blunder in the past. Just last year, the same immigration department had inadvertently disclosed the personal details of almost 10,000 people in detention in a public file on its website.

]]>http://www.inquisitr.com/1970117/personal-details-of-world-leaders-accidentally-leaked-by-australian-officer/feed/0Adi Hudea: Heartbreaking Story Behind Photo Of Four-Year-Old Syrian Girl ‘Surrendering’http://www.inquisitr.com/1970298/adi-hudea-heartbreaking-story-behind-photo-of-four-year-old-syrian-girl-surrendering/
http://www.inquisitr.com/1970298/adi-hudea-heartbreaking-story-behind-photo-of-four-year-old-syrian-girl-surrendering/#commentsTue, 31 Mar 2015 13:58:52 +0000http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=1970298The image of the four-year-old girl is equally captivating and heartbreaking — her face is still the face of a baby, with round cheeks and large, dark eyes. But those eyes are filled with more sorrow and despair than any four-year-old should ever have to know, and her little arms are raised upwards in the

The image of the four-year-old girl is equally captivating and heartbreaking — her face is still the face of a baby, with round cheeks and large, dark eyes. But those eyes are filled with more sorrow and despair than any four-year-old should ever have to know, and her little arms are raised upwards in the universal sign of surrender.

The little girl’s name is Adi Hudea, and her image has gone viral since being posted to Twitter last Tuesday by Nadia Abu Shaban, a photojournalist based in Gaza.

The comments that accompany the photo read, “I’m actually weeping” and “Humanity failed” as the haunting image of a four-year-old fearfully surrendering has come to light.

Accusations that the photo was faked or staged, however, quickly began to surface, but the photo was traced to a legitimate newspaper, credited to a Turkish photojournalist named Osman Sağırlı. And the story behind her photo is as heartbreaking as the image itself.

Adi Hudea, the photojournalist says, was photographed at the Atmeh refugee camp, located in Syria, last December. Adi had left home and made her way to the camp, located a few miles from the Turkish border, in the company of her mother and two siblings, in a journey that was a little over 90 miles. Her father had been killed in a bombing.

Photojournalist Osman Sağırlı, who is currently working in Tanzania, remembers the moment he captured the image of little Adi surrendering, and says that the look of fear and despair in the four-year-old child’s eyes were real, and the reason why is both simple and terrible.

“I was using a telephoto lens, and she thought it was a weapon.”

Sağırlı explained that normally, a child who is unaccustomed to having his or her photo taken will either “run away, hide their faces or smile when they see a camera,” but Adi Hudea did none of those. Instead, she bit her lip and raised her hands. It wasn’t until after Sağırlı took the photo that he realized she was terrified — that Adi was raising her arms in surrender because, in her world, the unknown object of a telephoto lens was automatically seen as a weapon.

War-time photography is often gripping, and gritty, telling the story of conflict through pictures. But it is never so heartbreaking as when the subject is that of a child, and the war is seen through eyes that cannot comprehend the conflict, but manage to encapsulate the fear and horror of living in the midst of violence.

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says that about 10 million Syrians have become displaced since the Syrian civil war began in March 2011.

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http://www.inquisitr.com/1969362/3-generations-die-in-crash-12-year-old-her-mother-and-her-grandmother-all-killed-in-germanwings-crash/#commentsTue, 31 Mar 2015 13:31:55 +0000http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=1969362Three generations die in the Germanwings crash, in a tragic family story that is simply heartbreaking. According to Yahoo! News, 12-year-old Emma Solera Pardo, her mother Emma Pardo Vidal, and her grandmother Emma Vidal Bardan, all from Spain, decided to take a trip to Manchester, England to pick up Emma’s brother who was finishing up

Three generations die in the Germanwings crash, in a tragic family story that is simply heartbreaking. According to Yahoo! News, 12-year-old Emma Solera Pardo, her mother Emma Pardo Vidal, and her grandmother Emma Vidal Bardan, all from Spain, decided to take a trip to Manchester, England to pick up Emma’s brother who was finishing up a semester abroad.

The three women would have been headed to England via a connecting flight from Duesseldorf, but they never made it to their first destination. Emma and her family were on flight 9525, and their plane crashed in the French Alps.

It is believed that the co-pilot intentionally downed the Airbus A320. As previously reported by the Inquisitr, the early information received from this ongoing investigation indicates that co-pilot Andreas Lubitz was suffering from depression and quite possibly from mental illness.

His ex-girlfriend spoke to the media about the things that he used to say to her, and now those words are simply chilling.

“One day I’m going to do something that will change the whole system, and everyone will know my name and remember,” Lubitz once said according to a woman named Maria W.

The 3 generations that died in the crash were recently memorialized at a mass. There were 400 friends and relatives in attendance, most of whom had a hard time keeping themselves from breaking down. Perhaps Pardo Yanez is having the hardest time of anyone. Mr. Yanez lost his wife, his daughter, and his granddaughter.

“There is nothing that can be done or could be said to me to change the loss of these three so dearly loved ones,” said Emma’s grandfather, Pardo Yanez, who also went to the crash site with other families to mourn the loss of his three family members.

According to the Canada Journal, 12-year-old Emma was well-liked at school, and news of her tragic passing has been devastating to those who knew her and her family.

“[Emma was a] pupil at the local Catholic school, [and] was said to have been popular with staff and her classmates. The principal could only manage one word when asked by the AP how people at the school felt. ‘Destroyed,’ she said.”

There were about 50 Spanish people on flight 9525. There were a total of 150 people on board the plane, all of whom are presumed dead. Forensics experts believe that at least 95 percent of the passengers will be properly identified and officially declared dead within three weeks time.

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http://www.inquisitr.com/1970115/duchess-kates-royal-baby-bookmakers-bet-name-due-date-gender-as-harry-and-william-change-careers/#commentsTue, 31 Mar 2015 13:13:59 +0000http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=1970115As bookmakers reveal the latest bets on royal baby names, Duchess Kate Middleton is preparing everything that she needs for her second child. And depending on whether it’s a boy or a girl, Princess Kate just might be intrigued to know what her loyal followers think that she should and will name the royal infant,

As bookmakers reveal the latest bets on royal baby names, Duchess Kate Middleton is preparing everything that she needs for her second child. And depending on whether it’s a boy or a girl, Princess Kate just might be intrigued to know what her loyal followers think that she should and will name the royal infant, reported the Daily Mail.

One of the most famous bookmakers in the United Kingdom, William Hill, changed the likelihood that Prince William and Kate will name their baby Alice when the tide changed and money began to pile up for that name.

Consequently the odds for Alice have gone from 14 to one to four to one.

“Alice is the new favourite and we have seen a significant number of bets. You have to think there is good reason for the gamble,” revealed Rupert Adams, spokesman for William Hill.

As for the significance of the name Alice, both Queen Victoria’s second daughter and the Duke of Gloucester’s wife bore the name that many associate with the fictional character who traveled through the Looking Glass to Wonderland.

Other popular names include Elizabeth, Charlotte, Victoria, Alexandra, and Diana. But what if the Duchess and Duke of Cambridge have a second boy? You can bet on Arthur, Henry, and James reigning neck-and-neck.

Both the gender of the baby and the actual birth date are also hot betting topics. The most popular due date range is between April 19 to 22, while the baby’s gender is 8-11 odds for a girl and evens for a boy.

As the Inquisitr reported, Duchess Kate has remained busy with her charity work despite a return of the morning sickness that plagued her during her first pregnancy. She even took time to make a rare public service announcement video against bullying, shown below.

And while his wife is fluffing up the royal nursery nest, Prince William is busy changing careers, reported Us Weekly. The Duke of Cambridge passed his Air Transport Pilot’s License exams in February, and now he is working as ambulance pilot.

While training with Bond Air Services now, the 32-year-old will receive paternity leave when the baby is born. He’ll then resume training with the goal of flying rescue missions.

And Prince William isn’t the only one with a career change in mind in the royal family. Prince Harry is abandoning the Army after a move to Australia, according to the Evening Standard.

The plan to change to a new career comes after the 30-year-old’s completion of two tours in Afghanistan. Among Prince Harry’s interests are conservation and wildlife. He also wants to help those in the Army who have been injured.

]]>http://www.inquisitr.com/1970115/duchess-kates-royal-baby-bookmakers-bet-name-due-date-gender-as-harry-and-william-change-careers/feed/0India’s Bharatiya Janata Party Biggest In the World – Current Ruling Party Claims Title Of Being World’s Largest Political Organizationhttp://www.inquisitr.com/1970065/indias-bharatiya-janata-party-biggest-in-the-world-current-ruling-party-claims-title-of-being-worlds-largest-political-organization/
http://www.inquisitr.com/1970065/indias-bharatiya-janata-party-biggest-in-the-world-current-ruling-party-claims-title-of-being-worlds-largest-political-organization/#commentsTue, 31 Mar 2015 11:16:38 +0000http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=1970065India’s current ruling Bharatiya Janata Party or as it is commonly referred to as BJP, has proclaimed to be the world’s largest political organization. It appears BJP has surpassed the Communist Party of China, with 88 million members. An aggressive enrollment drive by India’s BJP, partly fueled by the popularity of its current Prime Minister

India’s current ruling Bharatiya Janata Party or as it is commonly referred to as BJP, has proclaimed to be the world’s largest political organization. It appears BJP has surpassed the Communist Party of China, with 88 million members.

An aggressive enrollment drive by India’s BJP, partly fueled by the popularity of its current Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ensured millions of new members within a span of just five months. The party has a set a lofty target of 100 million, but the present numbers declared are higher than the Chinese party’s announced strength of 86.7 million as of mid-2014. Provided the Communist Party of China hasn’t had any significant additions in the recent months, India’s BJP may be right in claiming the title.

Ironically though, the total number of members may have little to do with the party’s clout and political strength, however that hasn’t stopped the political organization from proudly proclaiming that the numbers are clear indicator of the Hindu nationalist party’s ascendancy in India. Some zealous political leaders have extended the importance of numbers to challenge China’s supremacy in Asia.

While the party is elated, rivals have raised their suspicions on how the BJP has reported such a high figure. Many argue that the party counts as a member anyone who calls a telephone hotline and leaves their name and address. Moreover, there are high chances that many might have called the number repeatedly, to inflate the figure.

Though Rivals Have Scoffed At BJP’s claim, The Party Isn’t Budging

But BJP isn’t budging. The party claims its leaders and campaigners spread the word through door-to-door campaigning, billboards and local meetings. Additionally, the party says that more than 140 million additional people have called the hotline without leaving their names, leading officials to believe they can mine those numbers to meet their 100 million goal before the membership drive ends April 30.

What’s interesting to note is while the BJP is enthusiastically pursuing and persuading anyone who dares call their number, the Communist Party of China has been trying to reduce the number of people it allows into the organization.

To meet President Xi Jinping’s goal of recruiting more “dedicated cadres to cut down on corruption”, the party leadership last year released guidelines saying that new members should be enlisted in a “prudent” manner. As a result, the party witnessed a 25.5 percent drop compared to previous year’s enrollment.

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http://www.inquisitr.com/1969750/anonymous-israel-hack-threatens-an-electronic-holocaust-for-benjamin-netanyahus-crimes-against-palestine-video/#commentsTue, 31 Mar 2015 05:08:12 +0000http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=1969750The hacker group Anonymous has become well known for taking political stances on many issues, but Anonymous’ Israel hack attempt in 2015 is threatening to create an “electronic Holocaust” a week before the time when Jews are celebrating Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is known in Israel as Yom HaShoah. In a related report by the

The hacker group Anonymous has become well known for taking political stances on many issues, but Anonymous’ Israel hack attempt in 2015 is threatening to create an “electronic Holocaust” a week before the time when Jews are celebrating Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is known in Israel as Yom HaShoah.

Anonymous’ Israel attack plans specifically highlighted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in their video by attempting to link him and his government to “crimes in the Palestinian territories.” The footage showed images from the conflict in Gaza by intermixing actions of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) alongside images of injured children. Anonymous claims that all they see is “continuous aggression, bombing and kidnapping of the Palestinian people, as in the war against Gaza in 2014.”

In response to these alleged crimes, Anonymous hackers will stage attacks on Israel on April 7, 2015.

“We will erase you from cyberspace in our electronic Holocaust,” the Anonymous representative threatened. “As we did many times, we will take down your servers, government websites, Israeli military websites, and Israeli institutions. A message to the youth of Palestine, you are a symbol of freedom, resistance and hope: we are with you and will continue to defend you. Our message to the foolish Benjamin Netanyahu and all leaders in the Zionist entities, we will continue to electronically attack until the people of Palestine are free.”

According to Haaretz, this is not the first time the Anonymous hacker group has made such threats. Every April 7 since 2013, they have used the time frame of Holocaust Remembrance Day as an excuse to attack the Jewish nation while sending supportive messages to Muslim groups.

“To the government of Israel, you have not stopped your endless human right violations. You have not stopped illegal settlements. You killed thousand people as in the last war against Gaza in 2014. You have shown that you do not respect international law.”

Despite the grandiose threats, Anonymous’ hack attempts on Israel have also been largely ineffective. In 2014, they did manage to take down some websites temporarily, but otherwise not many people noticed, according to Ynet News.

“While Israel is threatened with cyberattacks every few months, hackers often fail or cause minimal and temporary damage. In some cases lists of names and passwords of Israelis are released online, but these lists are sometimes outdated.”

What do you think about the Anonymous hacker group linking their planned hack attempts to Holocaust Remembrance Day and the Jewish people?

]]>http://www.inquisitr.com/1969750/anonymous-israel-hack-threatens-an-electronic-holocaust-for-benjamin-netanyahus-crimes-against-palestine-video/feed/3Nigeria 2015 Election Live Results: Early Voting Results Show Close Race Between Goodluck Jonathan And Muhammadu Buharihttp://www.inquisitr.com/1968613/nigeria-2015-election-live-results-early-voting-results-show-close-race-between-goodluck-jonathan-and-muhammadu-buhari/
http://www.inquisitr.com/1968613/nigeria-2015-election-live-results-early-voting-results-show-close-race-between-goodluck-jonathan-and-muhammadu-buhari/#commentsMon, 30 Mar 2015 20:27:38 +0000http://www.inquisitr.com/?p=1968613Live results from the 2015 Nigerian presidential election are starting to trickle in, showing a very close race between President Goodluck Jonathan and his primary challenger, ex-military ruler Muhammadu Buhari. The early results showed little separating the two, with Jonathan’s People’s Democratic Party enjoying a lead of about 20,000 votes. But as live returns from

Live results from the 2015 Nigerian presidential election are starting to trickle in, showing a very close race between President Goodluck Jonathan and his primary challenger, ex-military ruler Muhammadu Buhari.

The early results showed little separating the two, with Jonathan’s People’s Democratic Party enjoying a lead of about 20,000 votes.

But as live returns from the 2015 Nigerian election came in, some members of the international community expressed concern that there could be “political interference” in the vote counting.

“So far, we have seen no evidence of systemic manipulation of the process,” said the statement from UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. “But there are disturbing indications that the collation process, where the votes are finally counted, may be subject to deliberate political interference.”

Voting in the Nigerian presidential election has run into a host of problems. Ballot paper arrived late in several areas and new digital voting cards also encountered problems in many areas. Even Goodluck Jonathan had to wait 20 minutes to cast his ballot when the voting machine could not properly scan his fingerprint.

Widespread violence from militant groups has also delayed voting. The militant group Boko Haram killed at least 11 people in attacks at polling places, and the group warned many residents to stay away from polls or risk death.

“They kept saying, ‘Didn’t we warn you to stay clear of polling stations?'” said Birin Fulani resident Baidu Lawan, who noted that least one person was killed in his village.

Attacks from Boko Haram already led Nigeria to push back voting by several weeks. The election was originally slated for February 14 but was delayed after deadly attacks from the group.

It is more than just attacks and delays pushing back the Nigerian election. Al Jazeera also noted a series of technical problems with voting.

“INEC’s official website was hacked but was quickly secured, said officials who said the site holds no sensitive material.

“‘Struck by Nigerian Cyber Army!’ was the message left at www.inecnigeria.com.

“Technical problems also plagued a new system for reading voting cards with biometric card-reading machines, prompting the electoral commission to promise an extra day of voting for some polling stations.”

Results from the 2015 Nigerian election are expected to continue rolling in for several days, with final results expected on Saturday.

Live results from the 2015 Nigeria presidential election can be found here or here.